The Big Bazar Tharakans, who were the wealthy local merchants in Paravur, led the construction of the new church.

[1] "On the 16th day of the month of Vrischika in the year 1566 of the birth of the Messiah, Mar Youvseppu {Joseph} Metran, the Pattakar {priests} of many other places and the members of the Inannar (inangar) {congregation} , having assembled for the purpose of building the Mar Thommapalli {St. Thomas Church} at Pattamanal-Paravur {North Paravur}, erected the cross and conducted mass on the 16th of the month of Vrischika in the Kollam year 742"[4]Abdal Jaleel was born in Mosul, Iraq.

In 1653 he was ordained metropolitan bishop for the Ameed (Diyarbakir) diocese in Turkey by the Patriarch Ignatius She'mun.

He was the delegate of the Patriarch Ignatius Abdulmasih I of the Syriac Orthodox Church to Kerala Syrian Christians.

On 4 April 2000, Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I declared Mar Gregorios Abdal Jaleel a saint.